Stropping razor



Jan. 18, 1938. J JONES 2,105,535

STROPPING RAZOR Filed Feb. 18, 1935 Patented Jan. 18, 1938 Ma r rice 8 Claims. My invention relates to razors and has for its object to provide anew and efiicient safety razor with the head adapted to be partially rotated and tiltedto adapt it to be stropped on any suitable strop.

A further object is to provide a razor which may beused with the guard either a flat type or with the guard toothed.

A still further object is to provide a razor which will give longer life and a greater number of shaves per blade than those now commonly used.

Astill further object is to provide a razor which when theguard is drawn away from the blade; may'have the seat tilted side ways to become parallel with and in alignment with the handle and which has the guard then in a tiltable position so that both edges of the blade may best'ropped by an action similar to stropping a straight edge razor of the old type.

A still further object is to provide a razor head, guard, and blade, with the guard and blade slidable in the head and adapted to beslightly withdrawn to a distance that the edge of the blade, the guard, and head, will be on a proper angle for stropping' the blade.

A still further object is to provide a reversable guard adapted to be used for either a bar guide for shaving, or a toothed guide for shaving with thebla'de and guard pivotally connected, and the blade and guard to be drawn slightly from the head; and the guard to move from side to side of the blade when it is being stropped, in a motion similar to that used for stropping the usual straight edged razor.

Theseobjects I accomplish with the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which similar numerals and letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views and as described in the specification forming a part of this application and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawing,

Figure 1 is a face view of the razor as used for shaving with the flat guard against the face.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a. side elevation of Figure 2 with the handle extended ready to turn the head'and with the guard withdrawn from looking position with the'blade and head.

Figure 4 is a side elevation of the handle with the guard and head removed.

Figure 5 is a view of the razor with the handle extended and head turned ready for stropping the blade.

Figure 6 is an end view of the head and guard when strapping with dotted lines to indicate the position of the guard when stropping the opposite side of the blade edge.

Figure 7 is a side view of the guard. Figures is a face view of Figure 7.

Figure 9 is a plan View of the blade.

Figure 10 is an end view of the razor head.

Figure 11 is a plan view of the head.

Figure 12 is an end view of the razor head enlargedwith the blade and guard drawn out for sharpening with the line a-a showing the surface of the strop.

Figure 13 is a view of the razor head like Figure 12 with the strop shown stropping the opposite side of the blade. 1

Figure 14 is a section on line I 4-H! of Figure 1 showing the locking lugs holding the head and blade in the locked position for shaving.

In the drawing I have shown my razor as a head A, to which a handle B is pivotally secured by a pivot pin I. The head A has a slot 2 along the under side 3 of the head and the top side t is made as a solid plate. The handle is inserted into the head and secured thereto by the pivot pin and the slot allows the head to be tilted to a position parallel to the handle for stropl The head A consists of the top side 4 and the bottom. side 3 formed with a box like back portion 5 two sides the blade engaging portions of the head. The blade C is inserted between the two sides 3 and i and extends beyond a short dis tance for proper shaving. The outer sides of each side 3 and l of the head are chamfered to make a smooth shaving line. Slots 6 and 1 are cut away from each end of, the two sides in alignment with each other and provide the space in which the locking lugs of the guard are free to move when stropping the blade.

The blade C consists of a single edged blade having the sharpened edge 8 beveled in the proper angles for shaving and with a semi-circular section removed from the medial portion of the back of the razor to miss the handle when the blade and head are locked in shaving position.

The ends of the blade are each provided with extended stub shafts or lugs 9 to be used in engaging the guard and blade together. The guard for the blade consists of a U-shaped guard plate ifi having the legs H extended back at right angles thereto with the face it of the guard plate wide and with one edge notched as at I3 and the other edge Hi smooth to provide either type of 0 shaving guard desired.

The ends of the legs H are formed into semicircular perforated bearings l5 adapted to fit onto the stub shafts or lugs 9 of the blade C thus, securing the guard and blade in fixed distance relation to each other, but with the guard pivotally attached so that it may be partially rotated on the stub shafts. This makes all of the parts, of my razor head and the head is assembled by first securing the handle in the head by the pivot joining them together with the sides 3 and 3 parallel or substantially so, and with these pin and when the handle is secured thereto the blade is inserted into the head between the top and bottom sides 3 and i with the stub shafts slid into the back portion 5 of the head. The guard is then passed over the head of the razor and the two legs ll passed up each end of the head until the bearings l5 engage the stub shafts 9 of the blade. The two legs are then slightly sprung apart until the bearings pass over the ends of the shafts 9 and the razor is then assembled.

The handle for the razor consists of the telescoping bar to telescope into the handle proper 21 with a locking spring 22 secured in the handle and with the turned end 24 adapted to fit into either of the notches 25 of the bar Zii to either .lock the handle extended as in Figure 3 or folded as in Figure l.

The bar 2i) is made narrower at the razor engaging end 27 to pass through the slot '2 of the .head A and a spring 28 is formed parallel to the end 2? to normally hold tension of the head and to lock the head and handle in temporary position when they are turned for sharpening.

The handle proper 2! is provided with the top end provided with two extended flat bosses 29 and 30 with the boss 29 shortened and adapted to engage the slanting face SI of the box-like portion of the head A, and with the longer boss to engage the back side of the slanting face 32 of the head A, and these two bosses hold the head rigid to the handle when the handle is locked in the telescoped or folded position, shown in "Figure 1 of the drawing. Further, as a locking means for the guard plate to hold the blade and guard in fixed position to the razor when in fixed position, each leg i I of the guard i ll is provided with spaced apart inwardly bent lugs 34 and 35 on one leg, and 36 and 3'? on the other leg, and these lugs are adapted to move in the slots i5 and i when sharpening the blade but, the lug 34 on one leg l l and i the like lug 36 on the other leg I I, are adapted to engage the slanting face 35 when the blade and guard are pressed back into the head to lock the guard and blade in fixed relation to the head for shaving. The other two lugs 35 and 37 are to engage the same slanting face when the opposite edge of the guard is being used for shaving.

Having thus described my invention I desire to secure by Letters Patent and claim:

1. In a razor of the class described the combination of a telescoping handle; a head tiltably mounted thereto and adapted to be held in fixed relation thereto when at a cross angle thereto for shaving; means to allow the head to be tilted; a blade carried in said head; a blade guard pivotally mounted to said blade; means to allow the blade guard and blade to be withdrawn a distance from the back of said head sufficient to allow either side of one edge of said blade to be stropped when the head has been tilted parallel to said handle.

2. In a. razor of the class described, the combination of a blade; a guard pivotally secured to said blade; a head in which said blade is carried with the guard secured pivotally thereto; means to lock the guard and blade in fixed relation to the head; means to withdraw the blade and guard slightly from the head to allow the guard to be tilted from side to side of the head for stropping both sides of the cutting edge of the blade.

3. In a razor, the combination of a head adapted to be pivoted to a position parallel to the handle; a blade for 'said head having each end provided with a stub shaft; a guard pivotally mounted onto said blade on said stub shafts; said guard having lugs on each leg thereof to lock the guard, blade and head in fixed relation when shaving.

i. In a razor, the combination of a head tiltably mounted to a handle; a blade to fit into the head having each end of tie blade formed with stub shafts; a reversible guard for said blade having one edge smooth and the other edge notched said guard to be pivotally secured to said blade on'the stub shafts at each end of the blade said blade and guard to be drawn from the head slightly to allow for stropping the blade on both sides thereof.

5. In a razor of the class described, the combination of a handle; a head tiltably mounted to said handle to be used at right angles thereto for shaving and longitudinally therewith for stropping; a blade carried in said head having an extended lug on each end of the blade; a U-shaped guard provided with sockets to fit each leg onto one of the lugs of the blade with the blade and guard to be moved in the head sui-ncient distance from the rear side to allow the guard to pivot freely and bring the cutting edge of the blade and the adjacent side of the head into contact with a stropping surface.

6. In a razor the combination of a head pivotally eecured to a handle, said head having like sides formed substantially parallel with equal recesses formed in the ends of said sides; a blade carried in said head with the cutting edge extending out beyond the parallel sides of the head, with pivot lugs at each end of the back side of the blade; a U-shaped guard having the legs provided with sockets to fit onto said pivot lugs of the blade with the base of the guard formed with one side notched and the other smooth, said guard to be removed from the blade and reversed when desired; lugs on each side of the each leg of said guard two lugs to engage the under side of the head and two lugs to engage the top side of the blade in the recesses formed in the ends of the head when the guard and blade are moved back into the head to lock the blade and guard in fixed relation to the head for shaving.

'7. In a razor of the class described, the combination of a head; a handle pivotally attached to the head with the handle to be set either at right angles to or parallel to the head; sides on said head extended substantially parallel to each other from one side of said head and having recesses formed in the ends thereof; a blade to be carried in said head between said sides and extending therebeyond and slidable therebetween; a' lug formed on each end of the back edge of the blade; a U-shaped guard pivotally mounted onto said lugs extending beyond the sides of the head with the guard and blade to be moved in unison when withdrawing the blade from the head for stropping; lugs on said guard to lock the guard and blade in fixed relation to the head while shaving.

8. In a razor blade and guard therefor, the combination of a blade having lugs formed on the back edge at each end thereof; a U-shaped guard to fit over said blade with the legs pivoted on said lugs, said guard having inwardly extended lugs to limit the movement of the guard when stropping the blade; 2. h ad in which said blade is carried having extended parallel edges encompas-sing part of said blade with the blade and guard movable back into the head for shaving or out between the extended edges of the head for stropping.

HUGH J. JONES. 

